Prayers for Peace 2025 🙏🤲🕊

Thinking and Praying constantly for Peace in Gaza. My MSF nurse needs time out with his wife and young daughter. He is exhausted and in great pain mourning his sister lost just before Christmas... He has been giving care 24/7 for over a year and trying to protect his family.. He has seen unimaginable horrors to his fellow Palestinians. We need him out to heal replenish his energy and to give care to injured children that have been evacuated to safe countries. His clinical skills and experience valuable to teams of surgeons and their patients.  His wife a qualified mathematics teacher will be useful to help injured children with their education while healing.. and his baby daughter Zainah can grow in a safe environment. Who knows may follow her father to be a nurse in the future. But she needs a future..as indeed all Palestinian children. A future with respect & care for all in Shalom Salem Peace Om Shanti

You can learn more about Mo'men my nurse on this link below:-

Mo'men and his achievements and Matilde Aprile an Italian NGO worker is continuing to raise funds to help him. Many thanks to those donating..🙏🤲💞🌹GoFundMe Link

Christmas Knitting Completed

A request for baby cardigans to give to a newborn baby in Yorkshire resulted in my knitting project over Christmas.. Today completed ready to post later in the New Year first week.. 

Syrian Friends

Ombudsman Role Nullified?!

We 1950s born women have been declared by the present UK government not to be paid the compensation that the Parliamentary Ombudsmen had requested. There is considered insufficient funds in the treasury to pay us for our lost 6 years State Pension... Yet we have done much to help rebuild the nation and birthed our generations all paying in tax and NI contributions. There are many tax streams in to the treasury and has I have highlighted in parliament that when we are paid our due funds it is not lost to the treasury... it returns in tax on goods and services we purchase and in that process funds businesses who in turn pay in tax contributions. So like the red blood cells circulating in our body to deliver oxygen to all our cells ... then ££££s financial oxygenate families and businesses and continuously return back and through the treasury.. What happens to unclaimed pensions from those that have died before retirement, what happens to unclaimed hereditary assets if no clear immediate relative. 

I am no longer on twitter but I did have an #showusthespreadsheet which on discussion with others we feel we do need to see where are our money goes both in central and local governments.

The week before Christmas I travelled to Parliament wearing my Suffragette sash with WASPI badge and got salutes from bus drivers and commuters... I had however to ironically hand over my sash to the Parliamentary security as per protocol of no demonstration material to be in parliament! My sash was carefully folded in a draw and a receipt given to collect on the way out... I had gone to lobby my MP on issues.  My suffragette sash is of colours that the suffragettes used in the campaign for votes for women. Votes for Women and for Women to be permitted to stand as MPs ....so very sad that we have women in Chancellor and others in ministerial roles that have decided against the compensation for women born in the 1950s... I was born in 1954 a much wanted and loved baby girl that is now 70 years old and soon to be 71 years - I never in all my life imagined that I and other women in their older years would be targeted to deprive us of 6 years state pension and not be given at least the compensation decreed by the Ombudsman!  

Christmas Message of Concern

As we wrapped gifts in celebration of the birth of baby Jesus (Isa in Arabic) in the Holy land 2024 years ago -

Palestinians have been wrapping babies and loved ones in shrouds!

The Holy land was to be a centre point of Peace and togetherness.

Togetherness in understanding, care and respect for one another on this one planet home we all share!

Shalom Salem Peace Om Shanti

 its been another upsetting Christmas with such horrific sledgehammering of Palestinians in Gaza, infrastructures bombed, hospitals targeted and Humanitarian aid blocked - the populations weakened with famine and lack of sanitation, flimsy shelters, tormented with constant shifting to supposed safe areas and then attacked ... plus attacks in the West Bank. Border crossings blocked so that families are locked in Gaza, no escape and we global carers locked out. The most frustrating situation to see and not be able to get to help. Millions of people from all religions and non religion protest on streets around the world yet politicians seem impotent to stop this, nay even fuel it with more weaponry.  Deluded Power ego casts dark shadows of pain and destruction in the area.  Fail to open their heart and mind to the true message that comes time and time again that of Selfless egoless PEACE .. sharing and caring for one another...   

Yet This is the Holy Land with a birth of a baby that brought a message of Peace on Earth, love, care and compassion for one another. A Divine healer that would care for the sick and injured. So an incredible insult that the Holy Land should be in such turmoil & destruction with mass loss of life. An Action that could have been averted if there had been a round the table discussion, an acknowledgement of rights, respect for one another! 

On the subject & concern of the hostages then a covert operation with local police and informants using intelligence intelligently would have spared the lives of many including the hostages.  The story of the hostages still needs to be fully investigated by the International Criminal Court as we see that Gaza has always been under intense surveillance -  so how did this happen? The festival near the border was apparently to a BBC documentary though registered had not been shared with the local police to offer security. So we have a lot of questions on this situation and the long term historical illegal occupation of Palestinian land, taking of homes and ongoing Nakba... 

There has been a lot of unnecessary loss of life of innocents and civilians contrary to International Law making such war crimes on a grand scale!

It is high time we had Leaders Mature in the Wisdom of Peace and togetherness on this one planet home we all share.  We need more powers to the UN peacekeeping force and where we have deluded power leaders in the world then arrest and justice needs to be served wherever they are.  There should be no hiding place for leaders that cause pain and destruction.

Leaders have a Duty of Care with their governments to create policies that that enhance peoples lives in peace and living dignity of all.

Our planet cries out to us to care for the amazing beauty and life support it gives us all. 

Every missile, every bomb dropped every weapon used is in fact an attack on us all ... yes on us all and our future generations. Why?

- because conflicts are contributing to the Climate Crisis!

from the sourcing of materials to manufacture weaponry to the transport and to the use of them and the resulting destruction of infrastructures and lives...

Climate crisis which results in more destruction from flooding, to droughts and to earthquakes... 

These warmongers still continue despite we all having amazing evidence in the Pandemic Lockdown - that when we humans behave ourselves and out of the way - the Earth can heal, rejuvenate from our damage upon it... We breathed cleaner, sweeter air, we saw cleaner waters and saw horizons that had been occluded by polluted cloud.  

Homo Stupidus needs to wise up and see that we need to change - learn from our stupidity and grow together to problem solve, repair all the damage we have created. This is URGENT FOR OUR FUTURE AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. The key is peaceful cooperation! Then we can truly be worthy of the title Homo Sapiens!

🚨Alert on Cold Temp & CPAP

Alert!!🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨URGENT MESSAGE to my MP John McDonnell we need to be sure patients using home CPAP for sleep apnoeas have warm bedroom .. Constant Positive Air Pressure ❄ if cold air being pressured direct into airways then risk of Hypothermia.. we also need present Chancellor to review the very narrow qualifying criteria for Elderly Winter Fuel Allowance.. Age UK Taxpayers Against Poverty Compassion in Politics Wes Streeting Medact Energy companies need to help out with Social Tariff for vulnerable and goodwill credit.🚨!! Plus my Facebook links! 

One of my cats Pengu saved me this morning by snuggling her warm body up to my belly and waking me! 

My heating has timed off and room cold! 

I was at risk of Hypothermia! 

Zoom GP practices

some screenshots of last nights Zoom meeting on GP access .. we had good break out rooms time of sharing experiences, plus some good comments and questions in the chat option. 

A need for Peace & Love support

Thoughts and Prayers for my Palestinian Medicin Sans Frontiere Nurse .. sadly kind caring people being attacked with the horror show of immature sledgehammering. My nurse lost his sister, has another sister injured and a brother taken to hospital with severe injuries.  I have been distraught has why why why can we not get this to stop even with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for the perpetrators of International law crimes and military crimes .. indeed moral crimes too.. 

We urgently need Global leaders Mature in the Wisdom of Peace on this one planet home we All share.. I am grateful to the prayer support received today from my international peace activists friends from all religions as all religions in their pure form carry the message be selfless egoless care for one another and all creation in love and Shalom Salem Peace Om Shanti.. so there should never be deliberate sledgehammering destruction on Earth from deluded power ego and ideology that fails to connect with the Divine Creator Energy of all the universe. 

Winter BORG Seminar

Wednesday was an action packed day at Brunel University with updates on the studies into ageing and presentations by our students. There was a big turn out of our Brunel Older Reference Group members and plenty of good questions and sharing. Many of us participated in the research data presented too..! 

 

Care for Injured Gaza Children Parliament meeting

I attended the meeting in committee room 19 on Tuesday evening 5pm .. We had a few MPs attend but a room full of concerned people working on an array of projects to help care for injured Palestinians .. my MP John McDonnell emailed to say was back to back in meetings and could not attended so I was a constituent scout to get him handouts which I delivered that evening plus an additional one for Jeremy as promised as he too could not attend.

We heard from an Orthopaedic surgeon that had been giving care to injured plus nurses that had been caring for injured.. I took my MSF nurse photo with Chris Lockyear International Director of Medicin sans Frontiere so I could be a voice for his work too. 

We heard harrowing case histories of injuries that children had.... yes Children injured even targetted by snipers and from sledgehammering tantrums of Adults that fail to be Mature in the Wisdom of Peace on this one planet home we all share. The case histories heard of children with abdominal injuries that resulted in the need for ileostomy and colostomy..yet the humanitarian aid with neccessary stoma bags and skin protective dressings not getting through restricted borders to hospitals. Bandages wrapped round injured children were being used to catch faecal matter. The nurse campaigning for stoma equipment is a Stoma care specialist a senior nurse in our Royal College of Nursing. She is amazing and deserves a medal for all she is doing. I will share more as we plan to meet up.  

The meeting was to campaign for injured children to be evacuated for care. That we in the UK need to welcome some cases for specialist care, as other countries are. Before I share some of booklet pages from Children NOT Numbers I want to tell you as we were in the meeting there was the Parliamentary Children's Christmas Party.. I had seen excited children in all their cute partywear having fun, balloons and games ..ALL children in the world need to have a peaceful safe world able to enjoy their childhood and have fun together... that includes Palestinian children. 

I also was able to say some words in the meeting on how we need Leaders Mature in the Wisdom of Peace and how our one planet home needs this too. As each missile launched and bombs dropped from whoever and wherever is an attack on every global citizen..as it contributes to the climate crisis.. from sourcing materials to manufacturing weapons and their ultimate destruction of lives and infrastructures. I asked is this what we have come too in 2024 that we sledgehammer one another! Time indeed to evolve from Homo Stupidus to be truly Homo Sapiens wise in peace. For this behaviour is like being in ITU putting our foot on the oxygen tubing .. what use moneymakers making money out of weapons & destruction when no oxygen to breathe and the life support of our planet home lost.  I did not expect what happened next in the meeting room ..applause cheers and the table banging in agreement. 

So given more of us wish peace and togetherness on this planet then we need Shalom Salem Peace Om Shanti stat ...now as there may never be a future for our children..

Together, we can make a difference.

Our Parliament is a People's parliament for our voices to be heard. 

Tuesday Brunel meeting then Parliament

Tuesday was quite a busy day for me .. Had a breakfast start meeting at Brunel University for update on the research into Drug control of aggitation in care of Alzheimer patients. Plus a look at social and complementary therapies use instead of drugs.. We had input from Sheffield University, Exeter University & Kings College  ..with feedback from nursing homes visited .

Our meeting was attended by our Brunel Older Reference Group lay advisors, doctors, carers, psychiatric nurses and specialist in palliative & hospice care. So the morning was a rich time of sharing .. We were well looked after by the University catering staff for Breakfast and a buffet lunch ..so thanks to all .. 

Was lovely to see in the presentation slides acknowledgement of our retirees lay advisors .. makes us feel of value and great to be among academics.. 

After the meeting thanks to U4 bus to Hayes Station and Elizabeth line was to hot foot to an important meeting in Westminster... with my Grandson Sam ... we had coffee and cakes in the Jubilee cafe and time in the central lobby, House of Lords and in the shop.. His Christmas present sorted. The staff as always taking care of me and welcoming my grandson on his first visit to parliament..Was a brilliant time together. 

Day 1 Rituals Advent Calendar

 🎄🛀🏼💃🎁💖lovely surprise today from my daughters. A real Cleopatra time daily advent treat. Rituals Advent care for me to destress and self care. Day 1 was a lovely vanilla scented candle..created a calming atmosphere while I watched TV and write this blog ..🙏🤲💞 thank you ...and thank you for a lovely Sunday. 💞

Ever After Garden

💮💮💮A beautiful inspirational find in Grosvenor Square... sometimes walking behind famous streets like Oxford Street you can discover a true heart of the city ... Lovely idea by Royal Marsden to remember loved ones that have passed away with cancer. 💮💮💮

Ever After Garden

But my note from my Oncology nursing remember we also have survivors because diagnosed early and our treatments & therapies worked to get "All Clear" results for some...   

💮Ever After Garden💮